The ski cross world championship season is not going as planned for Ryan Regez. The 31-year-old Olympic champion got stuck in both qualifying runs at the World Cup opener in Val Thorens.
Regez will therefore miss the knockout heats of the races on Thursday (14:00) and Friday (12:30).
Alex Fiva also had a false start with a retirement in the first run, but rehabilitated himself with the sixth-best time in qualifying for the second race.
In the women's event, Fanny Smith, Talina Gantenbein and Saskja Lack qualified for both races. Sandra Näslund was the fastest twice. Only the Canadian India Sharret was able to keep up with the Swedish record World Cup winner.